Instant Trivia

Episode 81 - Well, Exhume Me! - The Great Depression - Travel - Recognizing Reptiles - Pop Music Rhyme Time

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Welcome to the Instant Trivia podcast episode 81, where we ask the best trivia on the Internet.

Round 1. Category: Well, Exhume Me!

  • 1: Teddy Roosevelt gave the eulogy when this man was interred at the Naval Academy in 1906, 114 years after his death.
  • John Paul Jones.
  • 2: In 1997, after a 19-month search, this man's remains were found in Bolivia, dug up and sent to Cuba.
  • Ernesto "Che" Guevara.
  • 3: Her body was stolen and sent to Italy after her husband was deposed; it was returned to Argentina in 1974.
  • Eva Perón.
  • 4: This star of "Z" and "Jean de Florette" was exhumed in 1998 to get his DNA for a paternity test.
  • Yves Montand.
  • 5: In 1995 a forensic scientist said that remains exhumed from a grave in Missouri were probably those of this slain outlaw.
  • Jesse James.

    • Round 2. Category: The Great Depression

    • 1: This "holiday" declared March 6, 1933 came with a $10,000 fine or 10 years in jail for violators.
    • bank holiday.
    • 2: Things named for him during the Depression include a big dam and a type of miserable shantytown.
    • Herbert Hoover.
    • 3: Some say the 1930 tariff named for these 2 politicians made the Depression worse and helped spread it overseas.
    • Smoot and Hawley.
    • 4: Half a loaf was better than none for the people seen in one of these.
    • bread line.
    • 5: In the hardest times, this figure stood at over 25%, representing almost 15 million Americans.
    • unemployment rate.

      • Round 3. Category: Travel

      • 1: This island's Mataveri Intl. Airport, the world's most remote, is serviced only by Chile's LAN Airlines.
      • Easter Island.
      • 2: The Darjeeling Himalayan Railway is a narrow gauge railway that climbs to 7,400' in this country.
      • India.
      • 3: This Rome landmark is 620 feet long by 513 wide--plenty of room to run away from a wild beast.
      • the Colosseum.
      • 4: You can buy samples of this fossilized resin at a museum devoted to it in Puerto Plata, Dominican Republic.
      • amber.
      • 5: You can buy samples of this fossilized resin at a museum devoted to it in Puerto Plata, Dominican Republic.
      • amber.

        • Round 4. Category: Recognizing Reptiles

        • 1: The tuatara, which waits until it's about 20 to mate, has one of these that grows back after it breaks off.
        • a tail.
        • 2: Most reptiles with toes have these on them, but the leatherback sea turtle doesn't.
        • claws.
        • 3: Unlike the feline leopard, the longnose leopard lizard can do this, so no proverbs for him.
        • change its spots.
        • 4: We're not lying, the beaded lizard has a forked one.
        • a tongue.
        • 5: This reptile's long, tapered snout distinguishes it from the alligator, which has a broad, round one.
        • the crocodile.

          • Round 5. Category: Pop Music Rhyme Time

          • 1: A Rolling Stones lead singer's selections.
          • Mick's picks.
          • 2: Marley's high-arcing tennis shots.
          • Bob's lobs.
          • 3: Ex-Black Sabbath singer's Muppet bears.
          • Ozzy's Fozzies.
          • 4: Mr. Vicious' offspring.
          • Sid's kids.
          • 5: Freddie Mercury band's limas and kidneys.
          • Queen's beans.

            • Thanks for listening! Come back tomorrow for more exciting trivia!

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